Clothes-pin.



N6. 782,666. I 'PATENTEDFER-M, 1905.

F. KIRKPATRICK.

GLOTHES PIN.

- APPLICATION FILED OUT. 31, 1903.

Hill M v ummnnnmmnmuhmm66666661666116 569 2 NITED STATES PatentedFebruary 14, 1905.

FRANKLIN KIRKPATRICK, OF RIDDLES, OREGON.

CLOTHES-PIN.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 782,666, dated February14, 1905.

Application filed October 31, 1903. $erial No. 179,392.

To all whom it may concern:

dles, in the county of Douglas and State of Oregon. have invented newand useful Improvements in Clothes-Pins, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in clothes-pins; andits object is to provide a device of this character formed of one stripof metal and which is adapted to be securely mounted upon a line, butcan be moved to any position thereon.

A further object is to provide a clothes-pin having two engagingportions whereby either one or two articles may be fastened in posi-,tion thereby.

Another object is to provide grips integral with the clothes-pin, bymeans of which the engaging devices can be simultaneously raised fromthe line.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, showing the preferred form of my invention,and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the clothes-,

and is extended forward to form laterally-ex tending loops 4, whichconstitute contacts or grips, and oppositely-extending arms 5 pro jectfrom these contacts and terminate in two or more coils 6, which are ofthe same size. The ends of the wire extend across the coils 6 and arehooked to engage the coil farthest removed therefrom, as shown at 7.

The hook 1 is adapted to be placed upon a clothes-line 8 and bentthereover, so as to prevent the clothes-pin from becoming accidentallydetached. As this hook is located at the center of the pin, it will beunderstood that said pin will be normally supported thereby in ahorizontal position. Then it is desired to fasten one or more articlesupon a line by means of the pin, the same is inverted, as shown in Figs.1 and 2, and the contacts 1 are placed between the thumb and firstfinger of the hand and pressed toward each other, thereby swinging thecoils 6 and their arms 5 upward. The articles are then placed upon theline under the coils 6, and when the contacts 4: are released the coils6 will swing downward and will receive the line and the articles thereontherebetween. Any desired number of coils may be employed, and it willbe understood that the greater the number used the more readily the pincan be placed in engagement with the line. The coils 3 permit the arms 5and coils 6 to be readily swung upward or downward.

The clothes-pin is formed in a single length of spring metal and can beof such a nature as not to injure any fabrics contacted thereby. Thetransversely-extehding ends 7 of the wire limits the downward movementsof the coils upon the line and prevent the same from becoming entangledtherewith. The laterally-extending loops 4 form grips against which thefingers can be conveniently pressed without injury thereto.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- Aclothes-pin formed in a single length of spring metal coiled at its endsto form similar loops for receiving therebetween clothes upon a line towhich the pin is connected, the coils being provided withtransversely-extending portions at the tops thereof for limiting theirdownward movement, inclined arms extending toward each other from thecoils and terminating in loops arranged in parallel planes and at rightangles to the plane in which the arms are located, converging armsextending from the loops and merging into oppositelydisposedspring-coils, and a hooked loop connecting said spring-coils and adaptedto engage a clothes-line.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANKLIN KIRKPATRICK. Witnesses:

A. R. MATTooN, W. L. NIoHoLs.

